Economy

‘Shame!’ Wisconsin State Assembly Passes Walker’s Anti-Union Bill ‘Shame!’ Wisconsin State Assembly Passes Walker’s Anti-Union Bill

Inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, The Nation's John Nichols joins Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman to talk about the vote and what it means for protests throughout the countr...

Feb 25, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

‘Shame!’ Wisconsin State Assembly Passes Walker’s Anti-Union Bill ‘Shame!’ Wisconsin State Assembly Passes Walker’s Anti-Union Bill

Inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, The Nation's John Nichols joins Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman to talk about the vote and what it means for protests throughout the country.

Feb 25, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!

The Breakdown: Why Aren’t Corporations Paying Their Taxes?

The Breakdown: Why Aren’t Corporations Paying Their Taxes? The Breakdown: Why Aren’t Corporations Paying Their Taxes?

With pressure for deficit reduction mounting on both sides of the aisle, will legislators go after uncollected corporate taxes? Christopher Hayes asks David Cay Johnston why this r...

Feb 25, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes

What’s the Matter With Wisconsin? What’s the Matter With Wisconsin?

Reed takes on the right-wing myths behind the Wisconsin union crackdown and readers react to the NFL labor dispute.

Feb 25, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’

The Republican state governors who want to cut funding for schools, universities and public employees are still giving out billions of dollars in tax cuts to big businesses and...

Feb 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Budgets Use ‘Junk Math’

The Republican state governors who want to cut funding for schools, universities and public employees are still giving out billions of dollars in tax cuts to big businesses and c...

Feb 24, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

Homeless in Hollywood Homeless in Hollywood

On the night of the 83rd Academy Awards, 82,000 people will be sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles, the nation’s epicenter of homelessness.

Feb 24, 2011 / Richard Pollak

Video: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Union Workers Fighting Back Video: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Union Workers Fighting Back

Morello has experienced first hand how the people of Wisconsin are taking the narrative back from right-wing politicians.

Feb 24, 2011 / Video / GRITtv and The Nation

Wisconsin: Ground Zero in the Fight for Democracy Wisconsin: Ground Zero in the Fight for Democracy

Gov. Walker's power play isn't about the pay and perks of public employees. It's an attack on basic democratic rights.

Feb 24, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin: Economic Justice Is a Civil Right Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin: Economic Justice Is a Civil Right

From Madison, the civil rights leader explains how the protests of working people in Wisconsin are deeply connected to the struggle for civil rights in America's past and present.

Feb 24, 2011 / Video / GRITtv and The Nation

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